Dutch Herring : : An Environmental History, c. 1600-1860 /

Dutch Herring : : An Environmental History, c. 1600-1860 / / Bo Poulsen, Dave Lyddon, Kurt Vandaele; ed. by Eric Venbrux.

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In the seventeenth century, the Dutch herring fisheries in the North Sea were considered the most sophisticated and demanding fishing operation in the world. This is the first study to assess the North Sea herring and herring fisheries over the span of several centuries. It contributes to the unders...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Poulsen, Bo,
Lyddon, Dave,
HerausgeberIn:
Venbrux, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Close Encounters with the Dutch
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Methodology
  • 3. Hypotheses and questions
  • 4. Producers and Production of Salted herring
  • 5. Did fisheries impact herring stocks?
  • 6. Markets, Prices and Consumption. Herring trade in the North Sea and Baltic region
  • 7. Cooperation and communication in the Dutch herring fisheries
  • 8. Reconstructing stock fluctuations of North Sea herring, 1604-1850
  • 9. Fishing strategy and dynamics of movement, 1856-1863
  • 10. Long-term spatial distribution of fisheries, 1600-1892
  • 11. Dynamics of change and the exploitation of North Sea herring stocks
  • English summary
  • Dansk resume
  • Bibliography

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